{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a49-shrewsburywhitchurchwarrington-trunk-road-prees-by-pass-order-1987/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a49-shrewsburywhitchurchwarrington-trunk-road-prees-by-pass-order-1987/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/707",
  "legislation_title": "The A49 Shrewsbury–Whitchurch–Warrington Trunk Road (Prees By-Pass) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/a49-shrewsburywhitchurchwarrington-trunk-road-prees-by-pass-order-1987",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order–\n(1) all measurements of distance are measured along the route of the relevant highway;\n(2) (i) “classified road”\nas a classification for a highway, means that the highway is not a principal road for the purposes of enactments or instruments which refer to highways classified as principal roads but is a classified road for the purpose of every enactment and instrument which refers to highways classified by the Secretary of State and which does not specifically refer to their classification as principal roads;\n(ii) “the deposited plan”\nmeans the plan numbered HA10/2WM124 marked “The A49 Shrewsbury–Whitchurch–Warrington Trunk Road (Prees By-Pass) Order 1987” signed by authority of the Secretary of State and deposited at the Department of Transport, Romney House, Marsham Street, London SW1P 3PY;\n(iii) “the new trunk road”\nmeans the highway mentioned in article 1 of this Order;\n(iv) “the Trunk Road”\nmeans the Shrewsbury–Whitchurch–Warrington Trunk Road (A49).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/707/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:27:57.220316+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}